Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Giant Hamster Roams the NY Subway!








(Photos by Victoria Belanger.)

Little Edie is riding a subway model made for the trial of a subway bomber. (Her owner is an evidence photographer from the Manhattan DA's office.)

(via Gothamist)

Elsewhere in the animal kingdom . . . a real, living ouroboros!

28 comments:

MorethanMe said...

YAY first comment! These are definitely interesting pictures. But why make the 'subway' more to scale so that it looks more like the hamster is the size of a human, and not taller?

Thumb Biter said...

the moment I read the title of this post I started hyperventilating.
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
!!!!

I want a haaamsterrr

I'll stop before I start sounding stupid.

~chanel~ said...

poor reggie. it was really stupid of him to almost die trying to eat himself though!

gymnast20 said...

lol this hamster is cute it looks sort of like my hamster lilly <3

Anonymous said...

I love hamsters.

The Dimensionist said...

Whoa...Reggie....I always thought I would do that...but you already proved that it's not safe.

XD


I miss my hamster...gone now...in heaven... Hamsters are cute.

Serena said...

i love hamsters

Anonymous said...

That is HILARIOUS!!!
Plus, Reggie is ADORABLE!!!
Keep on keeping us posted on the weird and strange world!

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Poison Pen said...

Oh dear. Snake suicide. D: There are faster, less gruesome ways than eating yourself, Reggie.

The evidence photographer should be careful where he puts his hamster. Adorable little devil could be planning a subway bombing of his own--they've furnished him with a hands-on planning model.

42 said...

Ha! An actual ouroboros. How cool.

Forrester said...

My Hamster starved because my brother's hamster didn't let it eat. :( :(:(:(:( A terrible fate. :*(

Kiwi said...

CUTE!!!!!
My friend had a hampster once... then it died

If I ever get one I am totaly photographing it in model subways

XD

Thumb Biter said...

@Dimensionist: word, I miss Toffee :(
my mumsie said we might get another one though!
although she did just read this article about how Pets Are Very Bad For The Environment - some people spend more money on their pets' food than on their own children's! - so I'm not sure now hahaha

Gnat said...

thats sooo cute!!!!!

i had a hamster named kiki.

i hope that kiki strike doesnt reseive the same fate. it was heat stroke. but she did always try to run away...

but seriously! Coincadence?!

Anonymous said...

I want a hamster!! Well, my friend has a hamster, and every time she tells me to hold it, it bites me!
I want a hamster that won't want to be the sorce of my pain!

Murnastiya said...

ahaha)
really love it)) I love hamsters and subway, so it's an ideal thing for me ahaha)
your blog is cool and interesting, thank you for it))

Alice Cullen said...

awwwww...... that is something I HAVE to make 4 my hamster

unfortunately I'm allergic to him

and now mortally terrified

MushroomCloud said...

i was once bitten by a guinea pig. on my finger. it popped a blood vessel and caused an infection.... and the saddest part is it has NEVER bitten anyone else... my friend claims it thought i was a carrot... Suspicious...

MushroomCloud said...

I have decided: the world is out to hurt me!!!!!! As i was innocently trying to sew a present for my younger cousin I was stabbed by a needle!!! and not the one that u poke through the fabric w/, the other one. I know: how awful! then, i tried using a thimble, and u know what happened? there was a HOLE in my thimble!!!!!! and i got poked AGAIN!!!!! so, i abandoned by thimble and was stoically striving for the greater good ( namely finishing the present)and the needle BROKE on me. AAAAAAAAAAAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! it is trying to hurt me.i must nurse my poor fingers now.

Kitty said...

Awwww~~ the hamster was cute, but the snake story............. Oo'

bananaphone said...

i wander how much it weights, and who gave birth to it.

maddie said...

it's so obvious that the "subway" was a fake... like a hamster toy... like the race track toy i got for my hamster... until he died :(

capybara said...

My dog came kinda close to being an ouroboros.. she somehow got some cream cheese on her tail and bit it... poor Reggie =(

Isabel said...

i vote for entry number 3

Emerson said...

i vote for entry #3

Kira said...

i vote for entry number 3

Anonymous said...

so cute! i like how you got a little
subway. i might get a hamster for my birthday. ;P
man of many faces :D ;D :P ;P :O ;O